Thanks Grant this helps me with my 7D II with my 70-300mm, 16-35mm & my old 24-105mm still learning all the time: saving for more L lenses.

Thanks Grant. I always appreciate your no nonsense and insightful gear videos. No matter the video you make, I always seem to take away something I didn't expect to learn. The only thing I can think to improve your video content is to produce more of them!

Thanks Grant, I have the 7D II with the old 400mm prime and I love it but sometime miss having the zoom, this is a good option you show here. Something in future to add to my collection...Thanks for sharing...

Thank you for your useful advices and great videos

thanks Grant for the awesome video about 7dii and 100-400 .. loved it

Thanks Grant. Dese Argentina te mando un gran abrazo y gracias nuevamete por tus consejos. Fer

Man, your videos are simply great. Congrats!

Thanks for the video - it's a great combo;)

Thanks Grant. The video helped me a lot.

Hi Grant, Thank you for this. Finally someone who thoroughly explains the 7D Mk II :)

Grant thanks for all the videos they are so helpful, I just ordered the 7dmarkii. I am finally going to sell my 70d I shoot all my daughters softball games and with the 70d its very hard to shoot through the fence at some fields. Hopefully the 7d will do better with all the af settings.

Thanks for this video and well explained.

Great thanks from the uk

I had both the Canon 300mm f/4L IS and the Canon 400mm f/5.6L lenses and I have sold both to fund my 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens and have not missed either of the lenses. However, although, focal length-wise and optically, the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens would replace my 70-200mm f/4L IS lens, I am keeping that lens. The reason I will keep the 70-200mm is the lighter weight of that lens. Although I do love the 100-400mm, carrying the 70-200mm for a day or more of walk around shooting is a lot easier..

i have this setup. I agree it's great for wildlife photography. It can struggle a little in low light but you could buy more expensive gear and you will still have to compromise in other areas. Great videos Grant. I've found your tutorials really useful. Keep em coming

Hi Grant Great explanation. I just Subscribed

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how did you process the videos ? I didn't see any compression artifacts.

Informative video Grant. Thanks. I agree that this combination is good for wildlife and that includes butterflies too, as the close focusing distance is something like three feet. A big improvement over the previous model of the lens. I have used it with the 1.4 x MkIII convertor and had good results with it too. AS an aside, the new 80D offers 36 AF points when shooting at F8 thereby giving much more flexibility with AF points when shooting with the 100-400 MKII and the 1.4x extender. I am hoping that with the rumoured firmware update for the 7D II that this functionality may be included. If it is, that would be very useful and welcome. Keep up the good work Grant!

Thanks Grant, great news. Can I use a 1.4 extender with the Sigma 150-600mm lens, and still have autofocus with the 7D mkii?

@grantatkinson8108

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Colin, I have not tried that combination, but I believe that you might have to manual focus...

@melrosemediaonline

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Grant, I know you probably havent used the Sigma 150-600 sport, but I am wondering if i will get about the same image quality as the 6.3 sigma with the 100-400 mrkii and 1.4TC mrkiii combo. I dont know if anyone else has this answer, if you dont?

@alexbarnett8759

5 жыл бұрын

@@melrosemediaonline my sigma has horrific quality so i highly doubt even a teleconverter will bring the canon down to that level

@melrosemediaonline

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, Your copy of the sigma lens must have a problem as I have owned sigma 150-600 contemporary and sport and the image quality from both is excellent. I have since sold my sigma 150-600 sport and purchased the canon 100-400 mk ii with a canon mark iii TC. And in good light the image quality is very good also. Only downside is the aperture drops to F8 and single point focus is the only active where as the sigma allows 6.3 and all focus points.

@frostybe3r

4 жыл бұрын

@@melrosemediaonline Sigma sucks in comparison to the Canon, it's slow, poor image quality, just uh.

Great video that’s just answered my previous coment on the other video lol 👍👍👍

@grantatkinson8108

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that, its kind of why i didnt make a 7d video on that topic because the function is virtually identical :-)

@MrGflan

4 жыл бұрын

Grant Atkinson hi Grant. I’m currently using the 600mm f4. I notice for bigger birds, a lot of photographers shoot at f8. Do you find this is beneficial for all birds to shoot that small an aperture? I love having the most blurry background possible. Am I going to get sharper images of the complete bird at f8? For songbirds f4 works perfect and the feet and wings are sharp. What are your thoughts? Thanks

This is probably a very amaturish question but could anyone possibly tell me if this lense would also be good for super high resolution macro insect photography>?

@CurvedSlightly

7 жыл бұрын

The 100-400 is very good for macro, it focuses very closely whilst still maintaining good distance from the subject, get the 1.4x and 2x extender and unless you're doing landscapes or portraits, you don't need any other lenses!

@grantatkinson8108

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry I missed this question when you posted. I think there are better lenses that have more powerful magnification ratios and closer working distances but the 100-400IS ii does well with bigger insects like dragonflies, butterflies, grasshoppers etc

@prashantpawar8969

5 жыл бұрын

For larger insects like butterflies it gives you decent macro images.

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Lol the one guy not using a hood in direct sunlight, what a noob.

Does anyone else watch Mr. Atkinson at 1.5x speed?

Poor zebra